Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-03
EAST FORT WORTH.
A Powerful Corporation Purchases q
Tract Of Splendid Land Immedi
atelY Adjoining the City.
They Win Establish a City and Induce
Foreign Capital and Home Seekers
too Come Among Us.

| wednesday morning party Oh gen
tlemen arrived in Fort Worth in spec
| ial car from Parsons. KaR. The car was
that of Colonel j. j. Frey, general su-
perintendent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Fort Scott, Kan, q banker snd capitalist;
| c. S. Forgy of Forgy, Ohio, capitalist
and one of the most enJerprising citizens
/ Of Ohio; J. w Maxwell Of DenisOn; Dr..
John +. Ennis, the well known excursion
manager, and A. B. Judkins, the paSsen-
/ ger and immigration agent OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific, who, with DR.. Ennis, has
/ been il our city so often with California
! exCursionists. These gentlemen were met
by John +. Swayne, Zeno G. Ross
/ James w. Swayne, Thomas d. Ross and
( II. B. Herd, all of Fort Worth, and later
| II the day the gentlemen held a meeting
/ in their rooms at one OF our hotels, re-
naming IN session several hours. A
representative Of THE GAZETTE inter
viewed the gentlemen after adjournment
and from them ascertsined the character
OF their meeting and the enterprise they
had in hand.
1t was meeting of stockholders of the
EAST FORT WORTH COMPANY,
chartered under the IaW VS. of Texas with
a capt. of $3.50, 600. The stockholders
/ of this company are men whose names
are famous in the railroad world and
capitalists % great financial ability. AS
! far as could be learned they
are, J. j. Frey, general superintendent
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas;
f. R. Cnenault, banker, Fort Scott Kan. /;
IT,. d. Hill, banker, Fort Scott, Kss.; G.
! A. Ross, capitalist, OskalOosa, Iowa; II.
! f. Gardner. director of the Farmers
/ National Bank, Springfield. Ohio; Josiah
/ Crafty Of Crafty Brothers, Chicago;
j. w. Maxwell, Capitalist, Denison;
| H. A. Fisher of st. Louis, general mana
ger of the st. Louis and Central Illinois;
/ n. r. Warwick of Cincinnati, Ohio pas
| senger agent of the Missouri Pacific; j.
/ Is. Frawley of Detroit, Michigan passen-
ger agent of the Missouri Pacific, BID.
/ Caldwell of St. Louis, chief clerk in the
passenger department OF the Missouri
Pacific; X. j. Williams, general freight,
agent of the Ohio and MississippY
and E. Chandler Of st. Louis, general
passenger agent Of the Wabash;
DR.. John E. Ennis, the Chicago veteran
excursion agent of the Missouri Pacific; a.
B.Judkins, the passenger and immigration
agent of the same road B. w. Mccullough,
general passenger agent Of the Missouri
Pacific; l.. D. Weak, general live stock
agent of the Missouri Pacific; O. 7. Msr-
tin of Springfield, Ohio, attorney Of the
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western;
II. NJ. Bronson, general passenger agent
of the Indianapolis, Bloomington snd
Western; J, X. Brsntley Of Little
Rock, land agent of the St.
LOUIS, Iron Mountain and Southern;
John f. and James w. Swayue, Zeno
c.. and Thomas B. Ross and II. B. Herd,
ell of Fort Worth. This IS the stray Of
stockholders, and low estimate placed
on the capital controlled by them Is $780,
100000.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The stockholders elected the following
board of directors: John +. SWayne,
Zeuo c. Ross, H. B Herd, J. ID. Hill, Col
onel J. j. Frey, A, 3. JgdkiEs and II. \.
Fisher. The directors at their meeting
elected Colonel j j. Frey OF Parsons pres
idant, j. D. Hill Of Fort Scott first vice
president, John F. Swayne of Fort Worth
second vice president, IenO G. Ross of
Fort Worth treasurer, and Thomas u.
Ross secretary.
OBJECTS IN VIEW.
Some ninety days ego q company was
formed with all of the above stockholders
except the Fort Worth men, that is stock
was subscribed to the amount set fourth. (
Two agents Of these stockholders were
instructed to investigate as to the best
point in the west or south where this /.
money could be invested. The
agents went quietly to work (
and visited all the booming towns .
and from them ell selected Fort Worth as
the city above all others in which to plant /
the money What was known as Syl- /.
vania, comprising Ala acres Of land i'm /
mediately adjoining the city of Fort .
Worth, was owned by the five Fort Worth .
men in the present company. They had g |
very valuable piece Of property, and did .
not wish to part with it, but finally at a
personal sacrifice TO each one of them .
they sold e controlling interest in the
land to the gentlemen named. They
recognized the power such combination
would be aud for Fort Worth made the
sale. thus securing the benefit to this
city. The land on which East Fort
Worth will be built is the very best situa
ton for g town of the character desired.
Extend line east from First street
and let il run one mile beyond the city's
limits and you cover the length of the
tract. 1t is covered by the virgin forests
aud is the only piece of land out of which
q park can be made so short q distance
from the courthouse. The land is high
and the surroundings remarkably healthy.
The soil is of character in which fruit
trees and grape vines flourish, and in fact
today considerable portion Of land
directly adjoining this tract is devoted to
shese industries.
THE IMPROVEMENTS.
The trade Spoken of above was made
ago, and it was impossible 70
It once convene the stockholders
n Fort Worth, but they showed their
aith by putting up the hard cash to en- .
10y 100 men tVimprove the place, later !
ct contracts for two miles of i
graded and graveled avenues which ]
re now being made, and :
yesterday the directors ordered the I
urther expenditure at once of $4,000 in !
dding to the beauty OF the place. Sew :
raj fine arteslsn wells have been on the {
lace for some time, but yesterday the ]
.restest artesian well ever drilled up {
o this time proved success. The 7
,ore is S-inCh, and at q depth :
# 256 feet 9 vein of superb water was {
truck in bed OF the purest white sand 7
nd the crystal fluid came gushing several /
eet shove the ground. c
THE FUTURE. Z
Backing their faith in the future of
Fort Worth with their money these gen
lemen see that residence property must
e provided and must be made beautiful.